A WELLNESS CASCADE explored the notion of wellness through a multifaceted lens, situating it within the interwoven dynamics of exhaustion, leisure, and work. Centering on the rise of leisure as a response to exhaustion—as seen in the widespread appeal of spas, spiritual retreats, and resorts—the project raised a central provocation: is the structural presence of wellness infrastructure and healing-related commodities symptomatic of a deeper, systemic sickness? What, ultimately, causes us to feel exhausted? And if healing is the response, is it a form of retreat—or rather of maintenance?

Expanding this inquiry, A WELLNESS CASCADE brought together a group of works by Aires de Gameiro, Akinori Tao, Emma Wilson, Joschua Yesni Arnaut, Klara Kirsch, Mathias Gramoso, Tanita Olbrich, and Therese Bülow that not only engaged with these questions but also intensified their complexity. Spanning sculpture, installation, video, painting, and performance, the exhibition navigated adjacent concepts such as grief, surveillance, and narcissism, forming a constellation of perspectives on the contradictions and emotional terrains of wellness culture.